New York and Greenwich, CT
May 28, 2025
Kevin D. Plancher provided a reference work entry in the Third Edition of Sports Injuries: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation, titled Rotator Cuff Augmentation, pp. 1065–1078, first online May 3, 2025.
This fully updated and integrated edition covers sports injuries and provides an up to-date guide for diagnosis and treatment. It evaluates injuries to each part of the musculoskeletal system, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. Over 300 world-renowned experts present emerging treatment strategies combining evidence-based data and clinical experience
Rotator Cuff Augmentation, despite surgical techniques, continues to face high rates of re-tears and poor tendon healing. Tissue regeneration has gained attention due to a better understanding of tissue healing. Augmentation agents include biologics like PRP, stem cells, and allografts/xenografts. Numerous studies exist, but more are needed to determine efficacy and clinical usefulness. This chapter reviews nonstructural and structural patch augmentation, indications, outcomes, and complications for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.
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